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Remote object activation in a distributed system

  • US 6,957,427 B1
  • Filed: 10/15/1997
  • Issued: 10/18/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-implemented method of remotely activating objects, the method comprising:

  • receiving a first request to activate a first object of a first object group;

    in response to the received first activate request, determining whether a first virtual machine associated with the first object group exists;

    if it is determined that the first virtual machine does not exist, creating the first virtual machine and a first activation entity for managing the first object group associated with the first virtual machine; and

    forwarding the first activate request to the first activation entity associated with the first virtual machine, wherein the first group of objects is a first subset of all objects that can be remotely activated, and wherein objects of the first object group are executed only in the first virtual machine.

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